Wishfully it will help people with genetic disorders around the world, A.S.A.P.
Especially abandoned disorders for example Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_disorders
A cloudy morning, reading an article while enjoying a cup of black coffee ☕
And I think it would be good to share...
(Image courtesy of Nature.)
Cited from Genetic Literacy Project:
"In 2015, a little girl called Layla was treated with gene-edited immune cells that eliminated all signs of the leukemia that was killing her. Layla’s treatment was a one-off, but by the end of 2017, the technique could have saved dozens of lives."
Cited from Nature:
"A Chinese group has become the first to inject a person with cells that contain genes edited using the revolutionary CRISPR–Cas9 technique.
On 28 October (2016), a team led by oncologist Lu You at Sichuan University in Chengdu delivered the modified cells into a patient with aggressive lung cancer as part of a clinical trial at the West China Hospital, also in Chengdu."
Cited from Your Genome:
"CRISPR-Cas9 is a unique technology that enables geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence.
It is currently the simplest, most versatile and precise method of genetic manipulation and is therefore causing a buzz in the science world."
The scientists:
Emanuelle Charpentier, researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Berlin, and Jennifer Doudna of the University of California, Berkeley.
Feng Zhang, researcher at the Broad Institute, a collaboration between Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Other resources:
- http://www.crisprupdate.com/crispr-timeline/
- https://twitter.com/crispr_news?lang=en
- http://fortune.com/2016/11/15/first-crispr-trial-humans-china/
- http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/chinas-already-tested-crispr-on-a-human-and-the-us-is-next
- http://www.nature.com/news/crispr-gene-editing-is-just-the-beginning-1.19510
- http://www.nature.com/news/where-in-the-world-could-the-first-crispr-baby-be-born-1.18542
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR
- https://www.wired.com/2016/11/china-used-crispr-fight-cancer-real-live-human/
- etc.
Opponent: 😡
IMHO. Gene editing for good reasons (e.g. medical treatment) is permitted, while editing for bad reasons is banned.
Shouldn't it be as simple as that?
Should knives be banned at all, because it could be used in violence?
